Windows Server Goodies in July’s TechNet Magazine

There are a couple of articles you'll want to check out in July's issue of TechNet Magazine if you're working with Windows Server 2008.

First up is an article called "Going Live with IIS 7.0" by Fergus Strachan. Fergus goes into detail about key IIS 7.0 enhancements for IT professionals, and migrating ASP.NET and PHP Web applications. But first, he starts at the beginning by outlining a test lab that resembles a basic production environment.

This is an important task. Before you deploy IIS 7.0 to your production servers, you need to spend time doing thorough testing in a lab environment to ensure your Web apps run smoothly on the new Web server.

Chuck Timon takes a look at the new features of Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. One important thing to keep in mind if you're accustomed to upgrading clusters from the past:

When upgrading from Windows Server 2000 clusters to Windows Server 2003, many organizations would systematically evict each node in the cluster, do a clean installation of the operating system, and then add the node back into the cluster. This approach cannot be used for migrating to Windows Server 2008, as Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 cluster nodes cannot be part of the same cluster.